kobe bryant picked 13th overall

[H.J.Duck]

Tony Parker was 28th overall.

Stockton 16th & Karl Malone 13th too

 

[TYBG]

manu at 57

 

[Da Jungles]

Yeah, Kobe turned out to be the best player in that draft, but we going act like 2 future Hall of Famers and 1 MVP wasn't drafted before him. Allen Iverson was still a smart pick by the Sixers. Iverson didn't have Shaq to play with like Kobe.

1. Allen Iverson Georgetown
2. Marcus Camby Massachusetts
3. Abdur-Rahim California
4. Stephon Marbury Georgia Tech
5. Ray Allen Connecticut
6. Antoine Walker Kentucky
7. Lorenzen Wright Memphis
8. Kerry Kittles Villanova
9. Samaki Walker Louisvile
10.Erick Dampier Mississippi State
11.Todd Fuller North Carolina State
12. Vitaly Potapenko Wright State
13. Kobe Bryant Lower Merion HS

You're the only one acting like that

 

[So UnThotful]

Hornets drafted him for the lakers

years later they got a jew to cockblock another helping hand

 

[PTBG]

-Rondo at 21, selected by the Suns.
-Josh Howard at 29 was a really good steal for the Mav's.
-Boozer at 35.
-Arenas at 30.
-Parker at 28.
-Okur at 37.
-Michael Reed at 43.
-Cedric Ceballos at 48.
That 1999 draft is a really good draft with a bunch of really good players.
Hold the fukk up, Anthony Parker started playing in 1997?
Damn Stephen Jackson was drafted in 1997, but played overseas until 2000. Damn I didn't even know that shyt. lol

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

@ this thread.

 

[Marty Funkhouser]

Like someone else said high schoolers didn't go as high as they should have at the time. Most of the time it took a few years for them to make a significant contribution, but after Garnett, Kobe, T-Mac, etc. teams became more comfortable taking them with higher picks.

 

[Mandizi]

two reasons:

1) he came straight out of high school and back then that was not very normal (KG did it a year earlier and wasnt #1 either)

2) he wasnt the kobe bryant he evolved into

what a stupid thread

Fixed

 

[Ready,Willing,Humble]

Kobe is the best

 

[MoneyTron]

Jerry West said Kobe probably should have been the #1 pick but at the time HS players weren't taken seriously, especially an SG.

Had he been drafted a few years later(still out of HS), he would have been a lottery pick.

 

[HookersandIceCream]

PrO players don't get drafted by how their careers turned out



What a starting revelation. What's the lotto number gonna be next week OP?

 

[FTBS]

Jerry West said Kobe probably should have been the #1 pick but at the time HS players weren't taken seriously, especially an SG.

Had he been drafted a few years later(still out of HS), he would have been a lottery pick.

If he had gone to college for a year he's a lock for #2 the next year (Duncan came out that year).

Not quite sure what he point of this thread is other than to give nikkas a history lesson.

 

[Henry Orbit]

In a interview he said he had no problem playing for Charlotte...they were too busy trying to Vlade Divac.

Arn Tellem was not going to let him play in Charlotte

 

[Marvel]

I always wondered how many championship would Kobe win if he was stuck in Charlotte from 1996-2004?

 

[holidayinn21]

I always wondered how many championship would Kobe win if he was stuck in Charlotte from 1996-2004?

why start this now?

stop trolling